Improvement in track cuearers



2 SheetsSheet 1. 0.1x. PHIPPS & C. C. QUINN.

TRAGK-CLEARER.

No. 175,156. Patented March 21,1876.

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ZSheets-SheetZ. C. A. PHIPPS & C. C. QUIN TRACK-CLEARER. No. 175,156. Patented March 21.1876.

NPETERS, PHQTD LITHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON, DV (2 CHARLES 1A", Pier-tries AND o'tirrRLEs o. QUINN, "OF 'EVANSTON, wvoinme V t aZ E I B i IMPRQVEMENTQlhIgTRAQK-CLEARERS.

Be it known that we, LQHARLES coinpanying drawing, andto the letters, of reference marked thereon, which for-n1; ofihisspecification; a

j Fignre'l represents a-Isid'e' elevation ot four railroad-track snow and ice cleaner. Fig.2

1 represents a frontelevation of the same.

The objectof our invention is to providea snow' and ice; cleaningi nachine for railroadtracks, &c., by, which not" only the snow and ice on the face of the railroad-tracks, but also; 7 that between the track s-{and which becomes a packed in-or frozen, can;.be ,readilyren oved' and thrown to the sides ofthe railroad-tracks.

The shovels and cuttersfare also adjustable, 7 so asltobe-readilyadjustedto any'dieight, or

lifted over any obstructions-of extraordinary kind; v v

ention' e'onsistspf. atrucktobecon-v are provided with'upright leversor arms, and

o connected near their upperends to a longitudi m1 bar or 1 rod, and operated by lever that passes through the flat er the-icab,flsaidlever i being providedwith. a handle, and held in posi- .tion by a pin vpassingthrougha quadrant or sector secured tothe floorof the cab. ,Totthe rear end of :the truckj'are attached suitable brooms,to finish-the cleaning of the track. I Inthe accompanyingdrawing like letters referto like parts in the-figures;

' i In the drawing, A represents a suitable truck, provided with the usual wheels a cand I part tSpecificationformingpertofLettersiPatentNob-11511 56,datedMarch 21,1876; applicationdiled v 1 1 "January 31,*1876.

v y g pedestals b b, and a cab orhousfiBffTothe A. PH-ir-1 s and CHARLES CL QUINNhOf .Evans'ton,iii-the; o county QfUintakand Territory of Wyoming; hlnve invented certain'newand nse'ful lmi'irove lf meiits in Railroad-Track S ow and -Iceflflleanerrand. we do hereby declare that thefol lowing is a full, clear, wand exactdeserip-y tion thereof, which willenable others skilled "in the ertto which itxi-pertains 'to'makean'd' usoithesame, reference being had to vthe ac-' re is 0 j b rea k mmedi- Ltransv-erseshafts E F, in brack ts. f, t.hat

securedto the sides of the fr; tine ofj the truck, To ,the shafts-"E F are' firn ly secured or attached pairs of shovels or scrapers GjH;

i broader than the first pair, D, and suspended in such manner by chain; g h as to come as near as possible to the inner sideof thetrack. These shovels G H connect with. and are' for ned into plows or mold-boards I K,with curved ends on their outer sides, so as to guide and convey the ice and snow loosened bythe shovels clear oh the track.- The latterone, K, is curved a little more than the frontone, so as to throw all the ice and snow entirely clear of the'tbllowing train. The outer shafts C and 1E are provided with upward-turnedylevers ik, gand the central shaft, E, with "a longer lever, ,L which passes up through th'eifloor of the icabB, and terminates in a handle, Z. All the levers are connected to a horizontal longitudinal bar or rod, M, and manipulated by the lever L from the cab, so as to raise them, incase of obstructions of any unusual kind, orto .adjust them to the desired position. Asuitable quadrant or sector, N, is securedto the floor of the eabB, and the lever L is held in the desired position by a pin, m, attached to asmall chain, and fitting the holes 8 in the quadrant. To the rear end of the truck A areisecured the two brooms O, by which the track is finally swept and cleared of the smallest particles, of ice and snow. The rear sides of all the plows are rigidly secured to the bottomofgthe truck 'by braces or brackets n01), so astohave no clear the track of all ice and snow. s w

. The difl'erent parts of our snow and ice clear- 'ately =behind, the wheels on a are arr nigegd the ing machine may be made of any suitable materials and sizes to suit different railroads and necessities.

The operation is as follows: The truck is connected to the front of the locomotive, the ShOVQ' bIflDfl shafts adjusted to the proper position to suit the bed of the track, and the lev'er L secured by the pin m, and the engine is started. The front shovels D then break and loosenthe ice on the track in front of the front wheels at, the shovels G and H break and loosen the ice and snow between the track. and guide it into the plows I and K, which throw it entirely clear of the track by their outer curved ends. Any small particles left are final; 1y brushed off the track by the brooms O on the rear end of the truck.

The operators in the cab can, of course, raise and lower the shovels to any desired position, and caii observe any unusual obstructions through the front window of the cab,

The advantages of our machine are, that the .s fbwiand ice are thoroughly cleared out from between the tracks, and it gives no opportu nity to the snow and ice to become so hard and frozen as is often the ease in very cold' climates, as to throw the cars 011' the track, and endanger the lives of passengers, 8w.

Thcsholvels, being adjustable, can be set to anyd esirable. height, and very quickly and 3 easily manipulated. The plows connected to the shovels, being curved in the outward direction from thetrack, throw theice and snow entirely out of the"way,espefcially' when going at the rate of fifteen to twenty miles an hour.

Another great advantage is, thatthe labor 1 of hundreds of men can be dispensed with. as with the snow-clearingmachines now generally in use the snow andice between the tracks cannot be reached, and must be removed by manual labor.- 1

The Whole apparatus is very simple, and not liable to get out of order, and it cau be made at a very moderate cost.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim, and desire to securev by Letters Pat cut, is-

l. The adjustable shovelsG H, in combination with plows I K, arranged and operated by levers L 13, substantially as shown andspeci- .fied. a 1 y 2. The combination of a railroad-truck, A,

shovels D G H, and plows-I K with levers i .k L and connectingbar M, arranged and 0pcrating substantiallyasandafor the purpose described.

In testimony that we claim: the foregoing 

